Brittney Rose "Nikki" Cleary (born May 11, 1988,

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) is an American

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. She first entered the pop market with the song "I.M. Me" while still using her given name. Her first album, ''Everything I Wished For'', was released by the Free Falls record label in 2002 after two years of recording. The album reached #45 on the ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums chart. When Cleary signed with

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in summer 2002, they asked to change her name because they already had a Britney on their roster. Her eponymous debut album was released a year later. She appeared on a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards record in 2003, with her single "1, 2, 3". She also performed on Nickelodeon's ''

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''. Cleary also did a version of "Summertime Guys", used on the ''

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'' soundtrack. Her song "Hated" was on the ''

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'' film soundtrack. Cleary attended

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's Draper Middle School in

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, and

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. She was married in summer 2009 and has four children.

Discography

* ''Everything I Wished For'' (2002) * ''

Nikki Cleary Brittney Rose "Nikki" Cleary (born May 11, 1988, Albany, New York) is an American pop-rock singing, singer. She first entered the pop market with the song "I.M. Me" while still using her given name. Her first album, ''Everything I Wished For'', w ...

'' (2003)

References

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